{"id":31009,"date":"2020-08-21T19:38:28","date_gmt":"2020-08-21T19:38:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2020\/08\/21\/army-space-and-missile-defense-command-firms-up-role-with-new-space-command\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T22:36:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T22:36:18","slug":"army-space-and-missile-defense-command-firms-up-role-with-new-space-command","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/digital-show-dailies\/smd\/2020\/08\/21\/army-space-and-missile-defense-command-firms-up-role-with-new-space-command\/","title":{"rendered":"US Army Space and Missile Defense Command firms up role with new space organization"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 The U.S. Army and Space Command unfurled a flag Aug. 21, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/digital-show-dailies\/ausa\/2019\/10\/14\/the-us-army-bets-on-space-as-its-path-to-the-future\/\" target=_blank>making the Army Space and Missile Defense Command the official service component command<\/a> to the new organization focused on the final frontier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ASMDC will retain its responsibilities as the service component command to U.S. Strategic Command and will follow similar organizational and reporting guidelines with Space Command.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe Army is the largest user of space-enabled systems in the Department of Defense,\u201d Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy said in a statement. \u201cNaming USASMDC as a component command to both combatant commands strengthens command and control, unity of effort, and synchronization of Army space and missile defense operations.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Making ASMDC the service component command to Space Command is a \u201cvery natural fit\u201d for the command, then-ASMDC Commander <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/digital-show-dailies\/smd\/2019\/08\/06\/heres-who-will-be-the-us-space-command-deputy\/\" target=_blank>Lt. 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